Weather
Forecast
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Freh
south
to
lou'hwrit
winds,
cloudy
and
cool
lth
showers.
Vol.
XXIX
.
No.
117
!
1
Uflzian
Government
Moves
From
Brussels
to
Ostend
French
Deny
That
Maginot
Line
Is
So
Far
Affected
v;
A
xo
lorces
nave
mhwb
o
i
w
;-f:tloa
in
calm
and
2
I
:J
raer
in
spile
of
heavy
en-
g
.
..
I
.nil
vmlmmtlMA
MUM
ft
ilrnralt
had
been
destroyed
wlth
fifteen
Oermans
missing.
There
were
German
planes
oft
he
southeast
coast
of
England
last
night
but
they
were
driven
ff
befnri.
thev
attacked.
There
was
also
an
air
raid
near
Paris,
rne
nlari
rfVnnnlngr
hltth
CXDloSlVCS
before
It
was
driven
off.
Whether
or
not
there
had
been
damage
or
casualties
was
not
immediately
known.
The
British
government
again
warned
that
continued
setbacks
might
be
expected
before
the
malor
nH
rwislv
battle
was
Joined.
It
was
pointed
out
that
the
Allies
hart
mart
nn
final
Concerted
tand
as
yet
and
that
the
great
same
was
yet
to
come.
LOTS
OK
KKVS
MANCHESTER.
Ene..
May
17:
CP
when
he
pleaded
guilty
to
tight
cases
of
motor-car.
stealing
Thomas
Wilson
;a.
was
sentenced
'o
12
months.
There
were
92'
car
'finition
Vys
In
his
possession.
central
Belgium
and
northern
France
today.
A
French
military
statement
declared
it
was
a
"great
inaccuracy"
to
'hat
the
Maginot
Line
had
been
.
p
r
ed
at
any
point
Except
for
.
ttf
,;ermg
aetlrlty.
the
Maginot
(jlVei!
LlIC
L-.e
ha
not
even
been
affected
by
f
?
f.ghtlng
in
a
defensive
area
to
Uftr
Accniilf
U1
rVoDauil
!e
est
of
It
ThU
statement
was
Kite
n
Parti
In
reply
to
exultant
K?
claims
In
Berlin
to
the
ef-
TORONTO.
May
17:-LMe
isnpris-(rr
'hat
the
Maginot
Une
had
onnvent
and
twenty
lasbes
were
Vrf
punctured
at
several
points
renteneet
Imposed
by
Mr.
Justice
I
j
a
alxty-mlle
front
and
that.MMkay
on
Tony
BeUo
and
Leon-Germans
were
no-
only
seven-
ard
Dill,
convicted
of
criminally
Te
miles
from
Parts,
east
oi
aseaaKtaf
the
wife
of
a
Royal
Can-h
city
Oeritn
predicted
there
adten
Air
Force
of
fleer.
HUls
broth-r:uli
be
a
major
battle
The
Nasta
er.
David,
received
fifteen
lashes
on
(;ri
ni
to
far
as
to
predict
the
a
similar
charge
War
Nail
Effort
to
Win
BUDAPEST.
May
17:
(CP)
iif!iL
iLn
T
rtl
n
n
irnirriHtimAnt
i
I
i
rwl
r
t-i
t
n
r
Ti
tii
taenia
Germany
1
reported
to
be
maw
Willi
Wit-
uciiimii
uu
iiiuviiiv
uuuiiuuiiiii),
m
-
.
as
a
precautionary
measure
against
aerial
action
and
mov-
nT,ZTn
tog
to
Ostend,
the
German
army,
with
violent
mechanized
tler
o(
un5ary
pointing
at
rou-n,f
.,i
oir
ottupkv
ntturk.
pnntinupd
continued
its
its
advance
advance
aeainst
acainst
the
the
Allies
Allies
in
in
mania.
tin
110
miles
sr.
away.
Uncon-
Uncon
t
'
Parts
during
the
month
of
..
l:-
iooooooooooooooooooooooooovoooooooocKoooooooooc
Bflgium
It
is
announced
that
!
firmed
reports
from
Vienna
said
that
all
but
the
date
was
set
for
a
ll'htiilne
march
through
Hungary.
Roumanla,
with
1.600,000
troops
mobilized,
has
ordered
oil
companies
to
store
at
their
own
expense
fuel
to
ret
army
needs,
poslb1y
around
2.000,000
tons.
It
Is
believed
this
would
virtually
halt
shipments
to
Germany
which
Jj
already
reported
to
have
re-reived
only
half
of
its
orders.
German
stock
are
believed
to
be
dwindUn
and
authoritative
source
suggest
this
is
why
Ger-manv
mut
win
or
lose
the
war
in
two
months.
til
The
Army
l
intact
Looooooooooooooooooooooooo-oooooooodoooooooo
i
.
s.
asldi
am
..rw
r
r
Bflgun
coioirwnueJuwtL
J
...itntrnr
mw
k
Derm
It
was
stated
that
the
Ortan
dlvistoru
were
moving
i.tird
reienUeealy.
tookin
f(K
tt
i
and
with
dsr
preparaUoo
h
unter-attaclc.
,
T
s
course
of
the
campaign
r
uei
to
follow
that
of
W14
ike
then,
tto"
ixiibUltj'
It
rr
h
tonit
observer
0f
the
!-c
bc.ng
settled
In
the
Maine
:
I
T.e
Germans
claimed
a
"me
i'n'
tot
the
Allies
south
of
e-but
there
was
no
admission
bv
fc
j
of
the
AUlea.
If
the
Oer-rar
had
formed
a
pocket,
they
fcsrt
I'iared
themselves
hi
a
poH
'
where
effecUve
action
eoukl
b
,km
against
them,
the
French
a;'
ministry
suggested.
j
T
ie
German
claims
of
victories
ir
particularly
extravaeant
to-(
C2
I
hey
aald
that
1100
French
j
p:
oners,
including
two
generals,
lial
been
taken
In
the
Sedan
sec-.
'-r
'hat
there
had
been
an
Al-
fl
retreat
from
Antwerp
to
Se-dar
that
Dutch
Ulands
of
thej
Z":and
group
had
been
captured
I
and
that
there
had
been
Nail
vk-'.
f
r;rs
on
both
land
and
sea
with
e
cruiser
sunk
and
other
Allied
ratal
losses
both
off
the
Dutch
j
nd
Norwegian
coasts.
One
statement
was
that
fifty-nine
Allied
rAitlt
ri
s-ttle
is
raging
at
Avwnes.
north
of
St.
Ouentin.
a
French
High
Cemmand
com-nun.qur
u..
tonight
It
said
that
the
German
attack
developed
today
in
a
"massiie
manner."
i
MOVING
CHILDHKN
TO
WALKS
I
ONDON
Authorities
announce
that
children
removed
from
Unden
to
Suffolk
on
the
east
coast
are
to
be
moved
Sun-day
the
possibility
of
German
to
Wales
a
a
precaution
against
air
raids.
DUTCH
HARBORS
BLOCKED
,
LONDON
British
naval
forces,
acting
in
co-operation
lth
the
Dutch,
blew
up
Holland's
oil
reserves
and
sealed
the
entrances
to
main
Dutch
ports
before
the
Germans
took
control.
It
has
now
been
disclosed.
AIR
LOSS
CLAIMS
LONDON
The
Air
Ministry
said
that
Germany
has
lost
over
1000
aircraft
since
the
Invasion
of
the
low
countries
began.
Allied
losses
are
set
at
a
fraction
of
the
1162
planes
claimed
by
the
Germans.
USING
BIGGER
TANKS
PARIS
A
military
source
today
disclosed
that
in
the
break
through
the
Sedan
area
the
Germans
used
new
tanks,
larger
than
those
in
Poland.
BEACHING
OF
SHIP
DESCRIBED
LONDON
Beaching
of
the
Belgian
liner
Ville
de
Bruges,
bombing
attack
three
days
ago,
was
described
today
by
crew
formerly
the
President
Harding
of
United
States
Lines,
after
a
.
Canadians
of
whom
two
members.
The
crew
Included
slstytwo
were
killed.
AUSTRALIANS
TO
EGYPT
CA1UO
Great
Britain's
army
In
the
Near
East
was
swelled
today
by
the
arrival
of
a
second
contingent
of
Australians.
CHURCHILL
IN
PARIS
PAKIS
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain
attended
the
meeting
of
the
Allied
Supreme
War
Council
here
yesterday.
NATIONAL
DAY
OF
PRAYER
LONDON
King
George
yesterday
designated
May
26
as
a
Day
of
National
Prayer
for
the
Empire,
Its
Allies
and
the
cause
In
which
they
were
united.
MINE
FIELD
OFF
CAPE
PKETOKIA
It
Is
announced
that
a
mine
field
has
been
discovered
off
Cape
Agulhas,
at
the
southern
extremity
of
Africa,
In
waters
through
which
British
shipping
diverted
from
the
Mediterranean
would
pass.
SOVIET
TAKES
HANI)
MOSCOW
Soviet
Russia
Is
moving
to
draw
up
an
al-liance'of
eastern
European
nations
from
Sweden
on
the
north
to
Turkey
on
the
south.
This
is
said
to
account
for
an
invitation
for
Swedish
officials
to
attend
"important
meetings-
In
Sweden,
r
WOMEN
PARACHUTISTS
London
Refugees
from
Holland
reveal
that
even
young
women
were
among
the
parachutist
forces
which
dropped
upon
Holland'
during
the
ocupatlon
of
the
Netherlands.
f-.
PROVINCIAL
1
LIBRARY
1
VICTORIA,
BCj
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MAY
17,
1940.
Commission
Report
Deals
With
Responsibility
for
Social
Welfare
OTTAWA,
May
17:
(CP
Canada's
experience
In
the
last
10
years
provides,
ample
proof
that
unemployment
relief
should
bt
made
entirely
the
responsibility
of
the
Dominion
government,
the
Royal
Commission
on
Dominion
SOUTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
NEWSPAPER
Protest
Over
current
jurUdlcttonto
esiabliSb
control
authorities,
unemployment
Insurance,
when
U
ssetned
advisable,
and
that
a
na-
-
Uona!
employment
service
be
set
5
Other
welfare
aervlees
would
re-
TnPrriln"t'TTIPn
t
g
main
a
provincial
responsibility
'.KU
IU;
mull
5
but
the
provinces
would
be
placed
y
.
0
o
to
financial
position
to
perform
HSHTFinCe
S
those
serriees
adequately.
The
o
commiM
on's
financial
rlan
was
n
drl"ned
ta
thor
end.
"Prorrtnetal
rtsnpnslbUlty
lor
p5
flArirr
JviuMbt:
deemeu
basic
snd
gmtr?"
th
rere-t
set
ctt.
Tv-!n,m
renrvMislblM'y.
n
the
othr
hand,
should
b-
'-'neH
an
ev'-'km
the
senrrM
rule
.and
as
nrh
sbmi'd
v
strict
I-
d-
credit
of
the
four
western
prov
inces.
"Nothing
In
the
history
of
our
Canadian
government
has
contributed
more
to
the
breakdown
of
our
system
of
public
finance
or
has
been
productive
of
greater
waste
than
the
attempt
to
hold
local
governments
primarily
re-
SDonslble
for
unemployment
as
well
as
other
relief,"
the
commis
sion
declared.
"Now
that
the
economic
of
the
country
Is
funda
mentally
national
with
respect
to
the
attainment
of
economic
welfare
and
opportunities
for
employ-.
ment.
It
can
no
longer
be
com
partmentalized
for
the
purpose
of
meeting
the
costs
of
widespread
.destitution
and
unemployment
.except
at
the
price
of
financial
chaos
and
enormous
waste.
1
"The
extent
of
the
unemployment
In
any
Industry
or
area
has
vlrtu-r
ally
no
relation
to
purely
local
con
ditions.
The
local
municipality
or
province
can
do
practically
noth
ing
to
ameliorate
the
problem
nor
to
hasten
Its
disappearance.
Nor
Is
the
province
or
the
municipality
a
convenient
authority
for
spread
ing
the
ricks
of
unemployment
over
j
a
term
of
years,
by
Insurance
methods
or
otherwise.
The
ine
planning
planning
oi
of
public
puduc
works
worss
and
ana,
!
transportation
and
taxation
poll-
cles
are
powerful
Instruments
with
which
to
combat
unemployment
and
to
reduce
fluctuations
In
Income.
The
Dominion
Is
the
only
(Continued
on
Page
Five)
Victoria
Ship
LONDON.
Mav
16:
(CP!
nrnvinrial
relations
asserted
in
Its
Th
Soviet
ambassador
to
report
yesterdaay.
areat
Britain.
Ivan
Maliky,
.i.w
y.em
"uader
which
local
protested
at
the
Foreign
Office
authoiiues
are
held
primarily
re-
today
against
the
detention"
of
spo:";si-.e
lor
reHef
could
only
b.
a
Ruian-chartered
Norweg-
contluu
d
at
the
price
of
"flnan-
Ian
ship
at
a
Canadian
Pa-
clal
chaos
and
enormous
wast.'
df-
-"t.
The
shio
left
the
The
cc-mlsslon
considered
It
es-
United
States
for
Vladivostok
sential
.
iso
that
the
Dominion
be
and
touched
at
Victoria
where
K.ven
lurtsdlethHi
or
even
con-
he
ws
held
by
contraband
auk
f
Msst
m
Tami-u
enact
I
u
the
ore-eft
-rsston
of
Partia-ien
s'!r
fh-t
ltiflatlon
-
--rwi
"a
a
ccntibUon
to
Industria'
stability
in
time
of
war
.
.
.
.
and
to
social
security
and
justice
in
j
n
la.
r
fined.
But
the
Dominion
should
.
.
oeace.'
be
given
lwiuat
Jurixdlet'n
to
perform
efficiently
whte-
rp-sponsbllltIes
are
entrusted
to
It."
.
Reviewing
the
devastating
effects
of
unemployment
reli-f
on
provincial
and
municipal
finances,
the
commission
concluded
that
the
load
hs
seriously
strained
th
credit
reserves
of
at
least
elht
of
the
nine
provinces,
and
it
would
appear
doubtful
whether
thev
can
carry
Indefinitely
even
their
pres-'ent
shares
of
relief
burdens."
Pressure
Of
Reiliet
The
combined
pressure
of
lief
and
depleted
revenues
jstroyed,
temporarily
at
least.
time
tt
A
resolution
will
be
introduced
first
for
amendment
to
the
British
North
America
Act
to
empower
Parliament
to
enact
such
legislation."
Members
were
informed
they
would
be
kept
"fully
informed
as
to
Canada's
action
both
In
the
military
and
economic
field."
Parliament
will
be
asked,
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
said,
to
'consider
measures
deemed
essential
for
prosecution
of
the
war
and
for
social
and
economic
requirements
of
the
country."
Warm
tribute
wa
paid
to
the
late
Lord
Tweedsmulr
and
a
cordial
welcome
was
promised
the
Earl
of
Athlone.
Bulletins
COBOURG
CRASH
FATAL
OTTAWA
Three
and
possibly
four
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
men
died
early
today
in
a
plane
crash
near
Cobourg,
Ontario
The
victims
have
been
Identified
as
Flight
Lieutenant
Harvey
Jasper
of
Winnipeg,
Flying
Officer
G.
E.
Auld
of
Windsor,
Flying
Officer
Pidcock
of
Montreal
and
Aircraftsman
J.
R.
Kean
of
Windsor.
Tomorrow
sT
ides
Hlh
10:54
a-tn.
18.9
ft.
23:05
pjn.
215
It.
lax
ajn.
4.4
ft.
15:50
pjn.
5.1
It.
PRICE
CENT
Before
yielding--Game.in
Germans
Continuing
'ROUMANIAN
RELIEF
IS
Advance
With
.
'
ility
j
gLITZKREIG
DOMINION
Ul
Being
urawn
into
l
rap
m
All
Set
Sei
But
ltul
Date,
It
,
I
SMit
Said
Oil
pnNfTinN
Shortage
Forcing
Desperate
X
W
L
S
W
A
A
W
A
1
London
Says
Allied
Position
Serious
Though
Slightly
Better
i
Than
It
Was
Earlier
In
Week
t
British
Forces
Holding
in
Belgium
East
of
Brussels
Belgians
Contesting
Every
Foot
of
Nazi
Advance
WAR
STATEMENT
AT
OTTAWA
OTTAWA,
May
17:
(CP)
Latest
war
ad-;n
rrnvommpni
liTinrk
indicate
that
the
Ger
mans
have
continued
penetration
along
the
flank
of
the
Franco-Belgian
border
but
it
is
expected
the
situation
will
be
stabilized
soon
by
the
Allies,
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
toid
Parliament
today.
The
communique
was
read
after
Hon.
R.
B.
Hanson,
Leader
of
the
Opposition,
had
requested
official
information
in
view
of
"serious
developments
of
the
last
few
hours."
PARIS,
Mav
16:
(CP)
General
Maurice
Gamelin,
Allied
commander-in-chief,
tonight
ordered
French
troops
to
"die
on
the
spot"
rather
than
cede
further
ground
to
the
German
invaders.
In
an
order
of
the
day,
Gamelin
evoked
Marshal
Joffre's
words
at
the
Marne
in
1914,
saying:
"Anv
unit
which
cannot
advance
should
permit
itself
to
be
killed
on
the
spot
rather
than
the
south
by
a
line
running
from
a
abandon
an
Inch
of
national
soil
point
north
of
Rethel,
France,
to
entrusted
to
It.
Gamelin
said
the
Sedan
area.
The
French
spokes-tnat
the
fate
of
the
Fatherland,
man
said
the
operation
was
carried
that
or
our
Allies
and
the
destiny
of
out
satisfactory.
OTTAWA.
Mar
17:
(CPhln
the
warld
deoends
upotf
the
-battle
In
London
an
authoritative
JJrt
taoamn
at
t
test
V
the
nqw
prjB
'
?IJ
.Mr,edIW,.w.re.ported.t.
'
night
to
have
fallen
bactalong-a
rf
nU
"
tler
than
115-mile
front
from
Antwerp
to
np
W(.rtn(Miriav
..
Sedan
but.
despite
withdrawals,
a
military
spokesman
said
the
situation
in
Belgium,
was
"slightly
better"
for
the
Allies
than
yesterday.
The
Press
Association
said
that
authoritative
London
quarters
"do
not
attempt
to
disguise
the
opinion
that
the
situation
is
of
extreme
gravity"
and
cautioned
against
"false
optimism."
Allied
troops
were
reported
to
be
still
covering
Brussels,
an
official
announcement
saying
that
the
British
Expeditionary
Force
was
at
present
dug
in
alone
a
canal
runnin;
south
of
Brussels.
Meanwhile
in
France,
the
French
forces
are
said
to
be
holding
well
but
the
situation
is
"fluid''
with
the
main
German
colotr,n
separated
into
smaller
columns.
Latest
news
in
Paris
tonight
was
that
the
Germans
were
attacking
with
extreme
vl-lence
at
the
foot
of
a
pocket
northwest
of
Rethel,
the
advance
No
official
information
is
available
regarding
the
latest
developments
concerning
the
British
front
in
Belgium
but
there
appears
to
have
been
little
change
in
the
last
twenty-four
hours
arid
the
British
line
east
of
Brussels
is
apparently
Intact.
The
German
High,
Command
at
Berlin
said
German
troops
had
marched
Into
Brussels
tonight
but
the
claim
was
not
confirmed
by
Allied
sources
and
dispatches
from
the
British
Expeditionary
Force
in
;
Belgium
Indicated
that
the
British
forces
were
holding
firm
east
of
Brussels.
At
Ostend.
where
the
Belgium
government
has
been
established
since
yesterday
after
leaving
Brussels
in
complete
secrecy.
Minister
of
the
Interior
Van
der
Porrten
assured
the
country
that
Allied
troops
were
contesting
the
German
ad
vance
foot
by
foot
and
were
counter-attacking
in
numerous
sectors.
,
A
uerman
mgn
v,ummana
cuin-
France.
This
is
about
100
miles
of
;munlque
asserted
that,
"south
northeast
or
raris.
Maubege
the
Maginot
Une
had
Powerful
German
armored
divis-
been
broken
through
on
a
width
of
ions
attacked
at
dawn
against
re-
sixty-two
miles
to
Callignant,
south
lnforced
Allied
troops
holding
them;
of
Sedan."
This
was
not
confirm-In
a
huge
pocket
driven
well
into
ed
in
Allied
quarters
who
have
stat-;
northeastern
France
and
against
ed
repeatedly
that
the
Maginot
Line
the
British-Belgian
forces
holding
Is
intact.
,
the
Une
north
of
Namur
In
Belgium.
A
German
news
agency
claimed
.
Yesterday
the
AlUed
forces
succeed-
late
today
that
German
forces
were
ed
In
botUlng
up
the
Germans
in
at
the
outer
fortlflcaUons
of
Ant-the
pocket
which
Is
bounded
on
the
werp
but
the
claim
was
not
con-north
by
the
Sambre
River
and
on
firmed
In
Allied
quarters.
lca,,asWs
;b.C.
WARNED
TO
INSURE
VANCOUVER
Rev.
J.
C.
Jack-
.
.
T
nnAn
son
o
f
Prince
Rupert
was
selected
at
the
British
Columbia
United
Church"
Conference
here
last
night
as
one
of
five
ministers
who
will
attend
a
meeting
of
the
United
Church
General
Council
at
Winnipeg
in
September.
NEW
CHIEF
JUSTICE
OTTAWA
Rt.
Hon.
Ernest
La-
polnte,
minister
of
justice,
today
j
announced
the
promotion
or
3W.
JiKtir
M.
A.
Macdonald
of
the
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NORMAN
ROGERS
HOME
qUEBEC--Hon.
N'orman
Rogers,
minister
of
national
defence,
returned
to
Canada
yesterday
from
a
trip
to
England
and
Frattce.
noin
t
of
the
German
drive
in
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PRECAUTIONS
ADVOCATED
Commission
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Report
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Relations
would
pro-vide
British
Columbia
with
insurance
against
the
day
when
its
exploitable
resources
begin
to
show
serious
depletion,
the
commission
on
Dominion-provincial
relations
suggested
in
Its
report
released
yes-
Mtent
the
provlnce
has
been
living
on
Its
capital,-the
com-ment
BritUh
Columbia
enjoy,
govern-
services
of
superior
standard,
mission
stated.
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ia:
revenue
bei-.g
warty
"Overhead
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